Album Reviews

Keep Shelly in Athens At Home Reviewed by: Leslie Snyder   Take out the headphones for this amazing Georgia-based meditative rock duo called Keep Shelly in Athens.  The duo’s latest album At Home features thirteen soul stirring tracks that are about experiencing Read More

The Darcys Warring Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     I’m not so sure that The Darcys are exactly “warring” as the title of their new album suggests, so much as politely dissenting. Their atmospheric indie pop soundscapes are much akin to Goldfrapp’s more ethereal Read More

Lovecartel Battle Scars Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     Every so often, like Halley’s Comet, there is a band that lights the sky so brilliantly. Lovecartel’s Battle Scars is that comet. Sprouting from the post-punk, indie rock soil and blossoming into something all their Read More

Steep Canyon Rangers Tell The Ones I Love Reviewed by: Andi Bricklin     So, the last time Steep Canyon Rangers put together an album of songs it ended up winning the Grammy for Bluegrass Album of the Year! Here we are a year later and the band has taken artistic Read More

2 Chainz B.O.A.T.S. II: # Me Time  Reviewed by: Evan Kramer When I see the words “featuring 2 Chainz” on any song that I’m about to listen to, my brain cells, instinctively, command me to avoid the imminent disaster of experiencing horrible, lazy bars. To make 2 Chainz or Tity Read More

Arctic Monkeys AM Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     Everyone has that one band that has been around for a while, and every time you hear them, you think, “Huh. Why aren’t these guys the Biggest Thing Ever?” For me, (for many, I’d imagine) that is Arctic Monkeys. Their Read More